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A gunman is dead after he opened fire at a South Side hospital, seriously wounding a Chicago police officer and at least two other people Monday afternoon, sources said. The suspect, apparently shot in the head, was found inside Mercy Hospital & Medical Center at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. around 3:20...

Authorities were reporting multiple victims in an “active shooter” attack at Mercy Hospital in the 2500 block of South Michigan Avenue on the Near South Side of Chicago on Nov. 19, 2018. There were “reports of multiple victims” in the attack, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet.

Feeling a little revolutionary? Tickets for “Les Miserables” go on sale at noon on Friday, Nov. 23, for the musical that will play Miami next year. Set in 19th century France, “Les Miz” takes its narrative from Victor Hugo’s novel and focuses on themes of redemption with ex-convict Jean Valjean...

With a leaking roof, toilet plumbing woes and a busted air conditioner, Fort Lauderdale’s 51-year-old Parker Playhouse theater is showing its age. Now, the popular auditorium inside Holiday Park will shut down May 2019 for the first wave of upgrades to the venue, a project planned to cost $25 million,...

Rock icon David Crosby, Grammy-winning soul singer Lalah Hathaway and joyful New Orleans upstarts Tank and the Bangas highlight the lineup for Snarky Puppy’s 2019 GroundUp Music Festival Feb. 8-10 at the North Beach Bandshell on Miami Beach. Tickets for the festival cost $85 per day or $225 for...

The Ultra Music Festival will rock in Virginia Key next year. Miami city commissioners voted Thursday to allow the three-day event to take place at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park and Miami Marine Stadium Flex Park March 29-31. Commissioners voted 4 to 1 in favor of the move, with commissioner...

Sports

The shorthanded Miami Heat will be without their only true point guard, Goran Dragic, for at least the next three games after he got his right knee drained. That’s the bad news. The good news is the injury doesn’t appear to be as serious as originally feared when he had to miss Sunday’s game against...

Ryan Tannehill will throw to teammates for the first time in over a month on Tuesday, but whether the Miami Dolphins’ starting quarterback will play in Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts (5-5) is still up in the air. Tannehill, who has missed the last five games because of a capsule injury...

In his three years as Miami Hurricanes coach, Mark Richt has made it clear — competition is essential, particularly at the quarterback position. He has no intention of changing that philosophy, but he conceded Monday morning that with his development in recent weeks and his play, redshirt freshman...

Miami Dolphins receiver and return specialist Jakeem Grant has become the team’s 10th player have his season cut short due to an injury this season. Grant did not tear his left Achilles tendon against the Green Bay Packers in Week 10, but did have to have a procedure to deal with pain that he has...

Miami Heat forward James Johnson, who underwent offseason sports hernia surgery, said his season debut on Sunday was about getting his rhythm back after the long layoff. There was no acclimation period for Johnson in his return. He was thrown into the fire defensively, guarding Los Angeles Lakers...

Business

Women’s health-care product developer TherapeuticsMD has leased more than 56,000 square feet of office space in a new location in Boca Raton for its headquarters. The company is in the process of moving into its new headquarters to 951 Yamato Road in Boca Raton, according to commercial real estate...

A subsidiary of NextEra Energy on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire a San Francisco Bay-area underwater transmission cable system for about $1 billion. NextEra is the parent company of Florida Power & Light Co. The subsidiary, NextEra Energy Transmission, said it has entered into definitive...

At 5-foot-8, Eddie Santos is about average size, but on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Washington, a trip to the plane's lavatory left him feeling like Gulliver in the land of Lilliputians. It was a tight fit. "I had to twist my shoulder just to get in," he said. "It was uncomfortable." Flier...

Travel

The chances are good that your first formal lesson about American Indians involved Thanksgiving. It’s no surprise then that November is National American Indian Heritage Month -- or Native American Heritage Month. (Both names are commonly used.) America’s native people worked for decades to get...

If you’re gay and looking to get away for the holidays, chances are you’ll be visiting South Florida. Four local cities — Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach and Oakland Park — ranked among the most in-demand gay-friendly global cities for LGBTQ travelers during the holidays. That’s according...

Disney has unveiled more details and named names for its Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land that’s under construction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The two major rides of the area will be called Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. The announcements were part of a...

For the first time, Walt Disney World is selling special tickets within Magic Kingdom’s annual Christmas party — an event that already requires a special ticket to get into in the first place. Disney-goers can pay $99 to attend Tony’s Most Merriest Town Square Party on top of the $95 to $125 entry...

U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the top cruise lines in the country for 2019, and South Florida has some bragging rights. For the rankings, the magazine known for its annual listing of best colleges and universities looked at 169 ships in 17 top cruise lines and broke them...

Lifestyle

There are many ways to mark one's passage through life. Mine could be charted with turkey. My first Thanksgiving bird was prepared by my great-grandmother, Jenny Marks. Born in a small village in Lithuania, Bubbe may have maintained a thick accent but she gamely embraced America's Thanksgiving...

You’ve planned a showstopping menu around roasted turkey and colorful sides that echo the autumn leaves. But what about the rest of the table? We asked L.A.-area tastemakers and designers for their tips to make the holiday that much more stunning — and Instagram-worthy. Here, they show off their...

And the Florida jokes just keep coming. The writers of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” must enjoy following South Florida headlines because they poked fun of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, Palm Beach County’s overheated vote-counting machines and Wilton Manors’ newly elected commission...

With stores opening early on Thanksgiving, the pressure may be on to get meals onto tables so you can head out the door to hunt hot holiday bargains. You don't need to have a fast feast, though. South Florida chef and caterer Lenore Nolan-Ryan shares make-ahead meal secrets so you can then seek...

Boynton Beach teenager Danielle Bregoli is living up to her rap name Bhad Bhabie. The 15-year-old Internet sensation known as the “Cash Me Outside Girl” was caught on video hurling a drink at fellow rapper Iggy Azalea on Wednesday night, according to TMZ.com which posted a video. The incident took...

Nation & World

Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence. White House ethics officials...

The Trump administration said Monday that it will fully restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta's White House credentials, but warned that he must follow a series of rules at future press conferences. White House officials Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Bill Shine sent Acosta a letter explaining his status....

Authorities say one person is dead and four others have been wounded in a shooting in downtown Denver. The shootings occurred Monday afternoon about three blocks from Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. Denver Health medical center spokesman Simon Crittle says paramedics from the hospital...

Desiree Borden thought she had time to pack her things. But a friend called saying the California Camp Fire was barreling toward her home in Paradise and would be at her doorstep in a matter of minutes. Borden and her husband grabbed their toddler, their dogs and raced out with the sad resignation...

Say goodbye to the jokes that have flowed from the dais of the White House correspondents' dinner for decades: The correspondents' association on Monday announced that biographer Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at the annual black-tie event this spring. Having a serious speaker - Chernow...

Opinion

If any truth emerged from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore, it was surely Archbishop William E. Lori's observation that the priest sex abuse scandal "is going to be with us for a long, long time." The church covered up the widespread abuse of children and adults...

Shortly after the 2000 election and the butterfly ballot design debacle in Palm Beach County which cost Al Gore the presidency, I called on the new Broward Supervisor of Elections, Miriam Oliphant, to create a Citizen’s Ballot Review Committee to assist the SOE’s office in ensuring the design of...

Stan Lee, the reinventor of the comic book, died Monday at the ripe old age of 95. Comic books get a bad rap, although not nearly as bad as they used to. There was a time when comic books were the cause of an all-out moral panic. After the release of psychiatrist Fred Wertham's book "The Seduction...

The successful passage of the County Transportation Surtax on Nov. 6 marks the beginning of a new era in transportation in Broward. Specifically, a dedicated local revenue source will help to address the transportation needs of our ever growing region. The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization...

Health

Thanksgiving dinner, with all the favorites, can pack as many as 3,000 calories — not counting seconds or leftovers, which can add another 1,500 calories. An average person would need to run an entire 26.2 mile marathon -- and two more miles at the end -- to burn off those calories. The U.S. Department...

A Black Panther "slash claw" and a plastic Power Rangers sword are among the items topping a consumer safety group's annual list of worst toys for the holiday season. Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., unveiled its 46th annual list of the 10 "worst toys" Tuesday...

By the time Jourdan Loyola was finally diagnosed with a rare and baffling condition called acute flaccid myelitis two years ago, the 5-year-old could not move his neck, right arm or either leg. Unsure how to treat the unusual condition, which began with coldlike symptoms and progressed within days...

The Trump administration issued regulations earlier this year that expanded the availability of short-term insurance plans, which generally have lower premiums than ACA plans, different eligibility rules and more limited benefits. These plans also don’t have to comply with ACA regulations such...